Erdogan is a cancer, a nationalistic ego-filled demon who is reversing all the progress we saw in the Arab nations..
Of course he's using Islam to trick the traditionalists there. People like to think this is a ME-only issue, but eveb in the united States we see assholes get their way by using religion as an advantage.
Sickens me, but this is what you get with a leader who stages coup's and a population where half the people don't care to learn